Why not contact the manufacturer for the correct answer vs rumors or here say….. .  800-297-8555

Where I heard it was from the GM at the lanes here, He's a Brunswick staffer. I had told him I was looking at the 9's and he suggested the TPU's.

I asked about the issues people had with them and the toe peeling up, he said they had fixed them in the latest ones. That they removed/rounded or changed some lip that was catching and causing the issue. He showed me on the shoe, but I had never seen the old ones to tell what the difference was.

And I saw a couple of online retailers had this in the description "Fixed TPU Toe Guard for increased durability" take that for what you will.

Update:

This is from the manufacturer:

"The TPU shoes have been revised with the new shipment that we received.  The Push pad has been tapered down a little more to allow for toe draggers to not catch the pad during their slide."

"We still have inventory of the old ones in the blue/black.  Red/black and white/black will have the new ones.  Our latest shipment of blue will have them but we have not gone through old inventory just yet."

Hope this helps.

I just recently got the old black/blue version and if you are a toe dragger like I am an easy fix is just do what Matt C. did to his add a piece of velcro to the area where you drag and change out when  it gets worn....I have seen no issues.  Easy fix and nothing to it.

Post #10 with pic in this thread.  http://www.ballreviews.com/bags-shoes-accessories/best-shoe-for-toe-drag-t301995.0.html